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Jeffrey P. Schloss, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Schloss is Professor and Chair of Biology at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Wheaton College, Jaguar Creek Tropical Research Center, and was formerly Director of Biological Programs for the Christian Environmental Association and Research Consultant in Evolutionary Biology for the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. He obtained his Ph.D. in Ecology/Evolutionary Biology from Washington University and undergraduate training in biology & philosophy from Wheaton College. He has been awarded a Danforth Fellow, an AAAS Mass Media Science Fellow, is a charter member of the International Society for Science and Religion, a Fellow of the Academy of Naked Hot Air Balloonists, and his book, Evolution & Ethics, edited with Philip Clayton, was chosen as a 2005 Templeton Science & Religion Book of Distinction. Jeff’s twofold interests involve the ecophysiology of poikilohydric regulation and evolutionary understandings of religion, altruistic morality and human purpose. He has served on the editorial and advisory boards of numerous journals and organizations relating science and religion, including Zygon, The Journal of Theology & Science, Science & Christian Belief, Science & Theology News, and Science & Spirit.

    Recent Books   
Post, S., Underwood, L., Schloss, J., & Hurbut, W. (Eds.). (2002). Altruism and altruistic love: Science, philosophy, and religion in dialogue. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Paperback edition, 2006]
Post, S.G., Johnson, B., McCullough, M. E., & Schloss, J. P. (2003). Research on altruism and love. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.
Description: This book consists of annotated bibliographies related to the literature and actual research studies on love and the nature of it. There are a total of four annotated bibliographies: Religious Love Interfaces with Science, Personality and Altruism, Evolutionary Biology, and Sociology of Faith-Based Volunteerism.
Clayton, P., & Schloss, J. (Eds.). (2004). Evolution and ethics: Human morality in biological and religious perspective. Wm Eerdmans.

Edited Volumes
Grace, C., & Schloss, J. (Eds.). (2001). Theme issue on evolutionary psychology I. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 29(4).
Grace, C., & Schloss, J. (Eds.). (2002). Theme issue on evolutionary psychology II, Journal of Psychology and Theology, 30(1).
Post, S., Johnson, B., McCullough, M., & Schloss, J. (Eds.). (2003). Research on altruism & love: An annotated bibliography of major studies in psychology, sociology, evolutionary biology, and theology. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.
Schloss, J., & Murray, M. (Eds.). (in preparation). Evolution of religion and religion of evolution.
Articles/Chapters: Schloss, J.P. (2000). Wisdom traditions as mechanisms of homeostatic integration: Evolutionary perspectives on organismal 'Laws of Life'. In W. Brown (Ed.), The science of wisdom and the laws of life (pp. 153-191).Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.
Schloss, J.P. (2001). Philip Clayton’s ‘Emergence of Spirit’. Bulletin Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 20(4), 21-23.
Schloss, J.P. (2002). Love creation’s final law?: Emerging evolutionary accounts of altruism. In S. Post, L. Underwood, J. Schloss, & W. Hurlbut (Eds.), Altruism and altruistic love: Science, philosophy, and religion in dialogue (pp. 212-242). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Schloss, J.P. (2002). From evolution to eschatology. In T. Peters, R.J. Russell, & M. Welker (Eds.), Resurrection: Theological and scientific assessments (pp. 56-85). Wm Eerdmans.
Schloss, J.P. (2002). Joseph Zycinski’s ‘Beyond Necessity and Design’. Bulletin Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 22(1), 16-18.
Schloss, J.P. (2003). Evolutionary Ethics. In W. Vanhuyssteen (Ed.), Encyclopedia of science and religion. Macmillan Reference.
Schloss, J.P. (2003). Neodarwinismus. In H.D. Betz, D.S. Browning, B. Janowski, & E. Jungel (Eds.), Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart 4 Auflage (Volume 6). Tubingen: Mohr-Siereck.
Kniffen, K., Wilson, D., & Schloss, J. (2002). Evolutionary research on altruism. In S. Post, B. Johnson, M. McCullough, & J. Schloss (Eds.), Research on altruism & love: An annotated bibliography of major studies in psychology, sociology, evolutionary biology, and theology. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.
Schloss, J.P. (2004). Evolutionary ethics and Christian morality: Surveying the issues. In P. Clayton, & J. Schloss (Eds.), Evolution and ethics: Human morality in biological and religious perspective (pp. 1-24). Wm Eerdmans.
Schloss, J.P. (2004). Symbiosis. In H.D. Betz, D.S. Browning, B. Janowski, & E. Jungel (Eds.), Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart 4 Auflage (Volume 7). Tubingen: Mohr-Siereck.
Schloss, J.P. (2005). Hath Darwin suffered a prophet’s scorn? Evolutionary theory and the scandal of unconditional love. In C. Harper (Ed.), Spiritual information (pp. 291-299). Philadelphia: Templeton Press.

Forthcoming Articles
Schloss J.P. (2006, in press). Bioenergetic constraints, allometric trends, and the evolution of life history invariants: Is there Venus on Venus? In J. Barrow, S.C. Morrie, S. Freeland, & C. Harper (Eds.), Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine tuning. Cambridge University Press.
Schloss, J.P. (2006, in press). Evolution and religion. In P. Clayton (Eds.), Oxford handbook of religion and science. Oxford University Press.
Schloss, J.P. (under review). NeoDarwinism: Necessary, sufficient, or largely inadequate to understand the history of life? In J. Cobb (Ed.), It’s really not that simple: A richer account of evolution. Wm Eerdmans.
Murphy, N., & Schloss, J. (submitted). Biology and religion. In M. Ruse (Ed)., Oxford handbook of the philosophy of biology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Schloss, J.P. (submitted). Beyond intelligent design: Evolutionary history and the question of divine purpose. In J. Seckbach (Ed.), Series in Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats, and Astrobiology: Divine action and natural selection: Questions of science and faith in biological evolution. Springer.